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Antares A and B

A few nights ago, I saw Antares B for the first time, using my C11. I was pretty excited when it appeared, off and on, next to the blazing and pulsating giant. Seeing was good, but not really great. Last night, I was out trying to do some imaging of the moon and Saturn, and just for fun pointed my C11 and TouCam at Antares. Working at f/30, I could see the B star popping in and out. The seeing was worse than the first night, and the air was still boiling somewhat from a hot day. Anyway, I made a 3000 frame AVI, then went through all 3000 frames (with Registax), and hand-picked about 100. These were stacked, and here is the result.

I split it Saturday night with my 4" F/15 Jaegers Refractor on my first attempt with my scope in my back yard. It was pretty fun. I made the comment in the classic telescope section Sunday morning. 4/5 seeing based on the CSC in the Sacramento Area. I used my 5mm Nagler at 315x. Very Cool, Very Fun!!

It's a similar situation with my location at 40 deg N. But on June 30 I had a rare night of good seeing and managed to get a black line split at 257x (3.5 Delos) in my 5" refractor. The airy disks were turbulent but the greenish secondary stayed in constant view.